Tears w/ Comfort
It was a quiet day for Soundwave, not to many emergencies, no nuisance Autobots, no loud noises or screaming, quite a perfect day in Soundwave's opinion. At the moment, Soundwave was walking down the halls of the Nemesis, an energon cube in his servo, when he heard something. Crying.
Cautiously, Soundwave followed the sound, to a room, Megatron's courters to be exact; from inside, Soundwave heard the most pitiful sounds coming from his very Lord. Soundwave knew better than to interrupt, having heard these sounds before, but for some reason, this time, he defied his programming and knocked.
The sobbing paused and the mech chocked. "Go away!" a loud voice demanded, but Soundwave heard the slightest of waver in it.
Disobeying his master for the first time, Soundwave opened and the door and walked in. Megatron's head snapped up, growling menacingly before he rammed Soundwave into the wall, knocking the energon cube from his hand.
"I said go away!" Megatron shouted, angrily, though there were still tears streaming down his face.
Soundwave tiled his head, unafraid. "When have you ever had to hide yourself from me Lord Megatron?" Soundwave asked, for once not speaking in recordings.
Megatron froze, slowly releasing his most trusted friend. Soundwave was correct, when had he ever not told his spark-hood friend what was upsetting him. Megatron trembled as he remembered what had made him cry. As fresh tears leaked from his optics, Soundwave gently hugged his friend and lord, resting his helm on Megatron's. Megatron hesitated no more as he cried his sorrows into his comrade's collarbone and Soundwave let him, already knowing what was wrong.
Megatron was a firm believer in his cause but sometimes even he needed a moment to remember what it was like to be weak and he did so by crying, something only two have seen, Optimus Prime, and Soundwave himself. Soundwave was always prepared to comfort his friend and this time was no different.
After a good amount of time spent wallowing in self-pity, Soundwave pulled Megatron away from his frame and gently wiped and his tears away.
"Let's go for a drink," he said gently, and Megatron nodded, wiping his tears away from his optics, and sniffling.
Soundwave picked up the once forgotten, now empty, energon cube, cleaned up the mess, and then the two left Megatron's courters. Within a second, their masks were up again and they were once again Master and Subordinate. The moment they had shared in the back of their mind. And for Soundwave, it would stay there, until his master needed his help again.